The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-04-13
News CONVERSATIONS.

Yankton, Dakota, has elected a
prohibitionist for mayor.
There are l03,5o0 orange trees in
Los Angles county, California.
Walt Whitman, the poet, is confin-
ed to his home at Camden, n. j., BY
illness.
Over 100000 was realized from
the sale of the Stewart art coIlec-
tion last week.
A Kentucky lawyer gets three
years for horsewhipping judge who
afterwards committed suicide.
News comes from Washington
that the president viii call an extra
session OF Congress October |.
The Chilian legation at Washing
ton, has received news that cholera
has disappeared from Santiago.
Investigations made by the Gov
eminent shows an alarming state of
facts regarding food authorizations.
The national exhibition Of fine arts
In Venice will be formally opened
April 20 by the King and queen of
Italy.
w. A. Clark, the New York postal
clerk, who confessed having stolen
$35, 900, forfeited his bail by fleeing
to Canada.
At conference of Scotch millers
at Glasgow resolutions were adopted
demanding that duty be placed on
foreign flour.
At President Cleveland's reeep-
tion Monday, John L. sullivan was
among those who shook the chief ex
ecutive's hand.
Mayor Hewitt of New York, has
not been near his private business
office since his election to the posi-
tion he now holds.
Elk Secretary Manning is at Bourne
mouth, q summer resort, one hun
dred miles from London. His health
is reported much better.
General Rosecrans' friends an
nounce that he is a candidate for the
vancancy now existing in the sup
erintendency of the coast survey.
The Legislature of Delaware has
unanimously adopted resolutions ex-
tending sympathy to Gladstone and
Parnell in their fight against coerc-
ion and hearty godspeed to home rule
for Ireland.
James. G. Blaine has expressed his
preference for presidential nominee
in 1888 who can carry New York
state. He says it is the pivotical
state of the union.
The Celtic league has issued
manifesto protesting against the
coercion bill, and has resolved to call
a mass-meeting in London to de
nounce the measure.
Bismarck is SAID to have informed
a prominent Belgian that no effort
Will be made to neutralize Asace
Lorraine. It's the intention to keep
that county incorporated with Ger
many.
A Washington correspondent who
has been looking into Senator Sher-
mans financial affairs, estimates
that he has over 100000 invested
in railroad stocks, and that his in
come is $4,000 per month.
The Secretary of War, in order to
respond to the request OF Senator
Cockrell, chairman of the Senate
select committee to investigate the
work of the departments, has direct
ed thorough investigation of the
work of each bureau.
Henry M. Stanley, the noted ex.
plorer, writes from the interior of
Africa, giving a gloomy picture of the
British status in that country. He
says that France, Portugal and Ger
many have virtually driven British
trade and prestige away.
NJ. Bartholdi has arrived at Lon
don for the purpose of rendering to
the officers of the American exhibi
tion the use of large model Of New
York harbor as seen from ships
deck, with a prominent replica of
the statue ofliberty.
Judge Colt, of the United States
circuit court of Massachusetts, sent
down an opinion In the case of the
United States VS.. the American Tele-
phone company, to test the validity
of the Bell patent, denying the mo-
ton of defendant for leave to demur
to the bill and also to plead matters
in defense.
A wood cutter in the forests near
Bangor, Me, was the victim of a
singular illness a few days ago.
His provisions ran short and he was
compelled to eat cracked corn to save
himself from starving. He drank
good deal OF water and the corn swell
ed, and but for the timely arrival of
doctor, he would have died.
Adyices received by the steamer
City of Pekin, from China and Japan,
state the king OF Corea has memor-
ialized the Chinese government to re
live him Of the kingly Office and sub
stltute a governor. oeDeralship for the